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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
SOME QUEER DISHES.
Odd Tid-Bits Served In Different Portion
OF the Globe.

Odd Tid-Bits Served In Different Portions
OF the Globe.
1t has often been said that the man
who first ate raw oyster must have
been not only brave, but hungry, and
although there are few of us who have
been equally brave in tasting new
dishes, we thinkit safe to say that there
arc many more who would have to be
very hungry before eating broiled rat
tlc-snake or baked buzzard. and yet
those who have eaten broiled snake
declare it to be, when properly cooked,
excellent eating.
A few winters ago, in Florida, was
invited to feast in the wilderness, and
ate heartily of a delicious roast of
meat; on asking for second plate 1
inquired what it was, and was told
that it was roast wildcat. Not for the
whole State of Florida could I have
eaten another mouthful, and yet my
vis-a-vis exclaimed; "Wild-catP-it IS
delicious!' How could hep thought.
Of course l was glad afterward that
had tasted wildcat, but I could not
have felt any more uncomfortable for
awhile if they had told me that l had
eaten part of the alligator / had seen
brought in from the swamp that MORN
ing. or pie made of the beautiful lit
tie chameleons that were to be found
everywhere; and in fact am not quite
sure but that some of the tough black
steaks that we had at the st. Augustine
and Jacksonville hotels were not ALI.
gator steaks. However. every one to
his taste; the Chinaman will tell you
that mice are every good eating" the
Frenchman that horse-hesh "is excel
lent" the negro that 'possum and
coon "am delicious" the cannibal that
nothing equals the flesh of his enemy.
and SO OH.
A Chinese student tells us that locusts
on toast is as fashionable a dish in
northern China as quail on toast is in
America, and we see no reason to
doubt his assertion that they are de-
licious eating. To prepare them the
locusts are thrown into u hot dry pot
and covered. When they are dead
handful Of salt is thrown in, and they
are stirred until crisp; then serve on
toast. They are said to resemble salt
herring in taste.
One Of the dainties of Florida sea-
side hotel last winter was Frenched
conch, and many guest ate it and en-
joyed 1t without knowing exactly what
it was. 1t is the fish whose beautiful
pink shells are made SO much of in
Florida, and it is good eating when
properly cooked. 1t is usually fried in
batter, or made into soup.
An odd way Of entertaining 10 to
serve national dinners, such as
Swedish dinner. at which every dish
has been prepared In Swedish fashion.
One very important feature might be
the use Of black bread. which can only
be obtained from . Swedish baker.
Another Swedish dish Is an omelet
made with grated cheese, butter and
milk. and cooked In the dish In which
1t 10 served. A Scotch dinner consists
Of ksil soup. kippsrsd salmon. hsegis.
giblet pie, Oal-cake. barley scone. and
guid oaul'l water. = 6arpsr's Hasar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
clsIERNs For FARMS.
Directions for Building Them IL . safe and
Substantial Manner.

Substantial Manner.
The surface soil is removed to a
depth of eighteen inches to exclude
frost in winter and heat in the sum-
mer. The excavation is made in tho
shape of an egg with the upper-third
cut of. 1t should DO eight to ten feet
deep, and seven to ten feet In diameter.
The deeper the cistern, the better and
cheaper it is. II soil is close and COM
pact, the cement may be laid directly
upon it. and no brick-lining is required.
To do this, a large fat stone Is bedded
in cement at the bottom, for the work.
man to stand upon, and for rest for
the pump. The cement is made OF
water-lime, one part, and clean. sharp
sand, three parts, mixed dry, first, and
wettod up in small quantities as re-
quired, and can be used before 1t sets
hard. The cement is laid about an inch
thick. When the bottom is covered, a
layer is put in around the wall about
foot high, and, as it sets very quickly.
as soon rs one strip is laid another
may be put on above it, until the
whole is completed. In digging. u
shoulder of foot in width is made on
the top of the firm sub-soil eighteen
inches, to rest the beams upon. This
is also covered with cement, and the
beams are laid on and the spaces
between them on the shoulder are
filled in with stone, or brick, and
cement, to the upper level, upon which
the floor rests. A strong floor of four
inch plank, doubled, with the joints
broken, is laid upon the beams and
covered with coat of cement, to ex-
clude surface water; and this floor is
then covered with earth and sodded
over, or u platform is built over it to
stand upon. A manhole should be
made in the cover, large enough for
person to go down when it is necessary
to clean out the cistern, and this is
brought up little above the platform,
and fitted with IL tight cover, kept
locked to avoid danger Of children fall
ing in.
A force pump should always bc
chosen for the cistern, so that in case
of need hose may be attached, and
the water carried where it may be
wanted-to distant trough, or to any
part of the yard or stables.
When the soil is sandy or loose
gravel, the cistern should BIZ lined with
hard sharp bricks lengthwise. so as to
make a wall four inches thick. The
floor should be of cement, and no bricks
except few in the center will be re-
quired. The bricks should be thor
oughly wettcd before they are used.
The cement should be spread all over
the surface of the bricks. so as to COM
pletely fill the spaces, and the outside
of the wall should be plastered as it
goes up. Earth should be packed firmly
against the wall outside to give firm
backing to resist the pressure of the
water This is an important point,
and should not be forgotten. When
the desired height is reached, the bricks
are inclined gradually to form the
shoulder for the arch, and the wall is
then drawn in to form the cover, leav-
ing man-hole in the center. This
is covered with large flag-stone. The
inside Of the cistern is covered with
wash coat of clear cement. american
.aqricuIturist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
Flat-Headed Indians.

The custom of Aattening the heads by
pressure was about universal among
the Puget Sound Indians. 1t was done
in infancy with hat made of cedar
bark, beaten, pressed steadily on the
forehead. 1t has been so often described
by numerous writers that no further
description is here necessary. School
teachers here have been unable to see
any difference between those whose
heads have thus been fattened and
those which are natural. Some of the
Indians. however. believe that it has
caused numerous headaches among
them in after life. Very few infants
are thus treated now.-American Anti-
guarian.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
RENovATINo BRUSHES.
Tho Queer Way i'm Which New YorA
Woman Earns Living.

Tho Queer Way in Which New YorA
Woman Earns Living.
"Have you any old hair brushes or
bath brushes you'd like te sell?"
young woman with a basket on her
arm asked man the other day. The
young man had few of the articles
she wanted, but as he was keeping
them handy for the cat that stalketh
and howleth in the darkness and the
organ impressario that grindeth in the
early morn, he couldn't sell. The young
woman saddencd and gloom overspread
her face when she heard that. She
was strengthening girl; that is. il
you saw her pass in the street you
would have to turn and study her.
"What do you want to do with old
brushesP" the young man asked her.
"Hush!' she said mysteriously. II
make them new again. buy them for
five cents apiece and tear off the backs
and pull out all the old bristles. Then
l soak the frames and scrub them, and
put in new bristles and put the backs
on in their places again. ! can sell ali
can make for sixty cents apiece. Say,
won't you sell me yoursp It's better
than firing them ut cats and you know
you mightn't throw straight. anyway.
Where do &c. the old brushesa From
barber shops. Do you know that there
are thirteen hundred barber shops in
New York alonep There are fully that
many and perhaps moro, for got those
figures long time ago. Do you know
I couldn't marry any one-not even
Jay Gouldp No, indeed; l can not
marry" tsHeI a 4f%Nt
The young man felt sad.
"Ah, no." she continued. al am an
afflicted person. was In an insane
asylum. ! got my discharge. but some-
times my head feels queer. I think I'm
all right now, though; for every thing
goes we'll with me. You see. I
used to work In y brusl, factory before
my head troubled me and that's how !
learned tho trade, Inake u fair profit
ON my work, and think that It Is much
better to try and get along this way
than TO ask people to hslp me. ! am
only anxious to get plenty OF BARRIERS to
sell me their old brushes. IN =
! World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
NATURAL GAS WELLS.
An EngIish Scientist Tells Why They c
Be COnsihered InaxplORiYa. 4

An English Scientist Tells why They Can
Be Considered Inexplosive.
We are told that dreadful conse-
quences are likely to follow the Amer
lean enterprise of boring tor natural
gas: that in China the Lake Foot Chang
rests upon district that was blown up
and all its inhabitants destroyed, and
that the same catastrophe is imminent
in the United States unless the law
restricts further development in the
boring Of so many wells, The corre-
spondent who sounds this note of alarm
says: "Should an explosion occur.
there will be such an upheaval as will
dwarf the most terrible of earthquakes
ever known. The country along the
gas belt from Toledo through Ohio.
Indiana and Kentucky will be ripped
up to depth of from one thousand
two hundred to one thousand five hum
dred feet and Hoped over like pam
cake, leaving chasm through which
the waters of Lake Erie will come
bowling down, filling the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys. and blotiing them
out forever" This is very startling.
and to many may appear very plausi-
BILE, seeing that the quantity of gas that
sometimes rushes forth when these
wells are opened is so enormous.
Those. however, who have made
practical experiments on explod.
ing such gases will not be
prevented from settling in the Ohio or
Mississippi Valley by fear Of tho antici-
pated catastrophe. Lecturers who. like
myself, have often shown the old popu-
lar experiment of the electrical pistol
will especially appreciate my meaning.
This is II tube through which an elec-
trio spark may be passed into mix
ture of coal gas and atmospheric air.
The usual mode of showing the expert
ment is to hold the tube over a gas jet
for a few seconds. then cork it and pass
the spark. 1t should explode and shoot
out the cork, bus very frequently fails,
and whyp Simply because 1t contains
ton much gas. The lecturer. in such
case, removes the cork, blows down the
tube or otherwise removes some of the
gas, aud introduces air. in its place,
then tries again, and bang it goes. Tho
fact is that a tube, u bore-hole, gas.
pipe, gasholder, cavern or coal
mine filled or nearly filed with hydro
carbon gas Ii perfectly inexplosive. II
half filed with suoh gas it will not .ex-
plode. Even at the present day the
majority of those who pass the great
gasholders (''gasolneters. "'as they are
miscallet) of our gas works imagine
that q terrible explosion would OCCUR II
. light reached stheis contsnts, The
fact is that II fia,aing torch were
plunged. into QUA of. thsm- when filed
with gas the torch would be instantly
extingaislsd. and the gcsiissnlng from
the hole through which the torsh was
thrown would simply burn In the cir.
but not In the holder 1t would b
big gas jet and nothing further. Nv.
Aassisu WiIlianss. II Gs''slsnsax's Nag.
0sins
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
PuNegnr PARAGRAPHS.
Perfume is the soul Of the flower

-Perfumo - tno soul OF tno nOwers
"A child never gets his bad traits
from the fathers side of the house.
according to the father -Harpcr's
Bdsdr.
The human race now looks for the
man who can furnish the means by
which q brass band can practice in
silence. Garden city Sentinel
He who does the most to help his
friends will have the more friends to
help him on up the hill and to pre-
vent his return. .-Pomeroy's Adunncc
Thought.
Il see that X, the millionaire. is
dead. wonder to whom his property
was leftp" "As his will is being con-
tested think it is left to conjecture,
but the lawyers will probably get it."
"A man, who was very sad, once
heard two boys laughing. He asked
them: "What makes you SO happyP''
"Happyp" said the elder "Why. |
makes Jim glad and gets glad myself"
--"Mary." said Bliffkins, II can't
realize it. Itseems all like long. beau
tiful dream!" "What seoms like
dreamp" inquired his wife. "You
haven't said word for three-quarters
of an hour" "---Merchamt Traveller.
-Signal-service Man Ito assistant)-
as it growing cold outsider" yes"
"Think it's going to snow?" II
wouldn't be surprised" "Well, wait
till you see it falling then run up the
cold-wave ag."-1eras Sifsings.
The highway robber who comes to
man face to face and single-handed
is saint compared to the one who
uses an official position to distress,
harrass, rob and impoverish to any de-
gree.-Pomeroy's Advance Thought.
-Fogg and Brown have entered the
City Hall. Fogg-"Who was that man
who spoke to you just now?' Brown
-"ThntP o. that is McFinn, one Of
our city fathers" Fogg-"You don't
mean it. He speaks English remark
ably we'll for city official. ."-Boston
transcript.
Texas papers should not forget in
speaking Of the train robber that these
are the times of libel suits. Indeed the
day seems fast approaching when
jesting reference to the weather will be
sufficient to nail an editorin the courts.
In speaking Of horse thief it is safe to
say gentlemanly citizen who absent
mindedly rode off on another mans
charger. Dallas (Ter.) Intelligcncer.
BE logical, my son, whatever elso
you are. You 60 to the bald-headed
man for your hnir-restorer; the doctor
who prescribes for your diseased stom-
ach is slowly dying of~the dyspepsia,
and the preacher who exhorts you to
take no thought for the morrow has
taken lease of his house for ten years.
Then why shouldn't you expect that
the man without cent to his name or
whole shirt to his back should be
better able than anybody olse to tell
you how poverty is to be abolishedp
-"Gcntlemen, thundered the Judge
to the contending lawyers. 'this case
must be settled before the court adj
journs. There has been dilly-dallying
enough. Well, what is itp" he said.
turning to court attendant who had
ventured to bespeak the judicial atten-
ton, Il am very busy" IA couple OF
political friends of yours" whispered
the attendant. "are outside waiting for
you to join 'em.'' Upon further con-
sidcration," said his Honor. II declare
this court adjourned until tomorrow at
eleven o'clock. ."-Epoch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
HOME CALLS.

When the work.day hours are closing
And the evening twilight falls,
How the homes throughout the city
Send forth their loving calls
Calls so low. you may not hear them
But how many hear and smile
And tired hand and heads so weary
Are forgotten for the while.
The dear home sounds ring swectly
In the cars OF toiling men,
And, for love Of wife and ch!!dron.
They seek their homes again.
So sit in the brooding twilight,
And watch rs they homewnrd go,
With glad steps hurrying onward
To the hcarths that love them SO.
And long to cry out to them:
40. guard the home love well;
BE tender and true to your dear ones
How long yours, none can tell"
For know there is one among them
Whose heart in sadness roGms.
Who hears no call In the twilight,
Save the call to the Home of homes.
-Good Houseksspiag
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26
SEPULCHRAL RELlEFS.
Ancient Works Of Art Recently BrouCh
to Light at Athens.


to Light at Athens.
The unique series of ancient sepul-
chral reliefs which have been brought
to light by excavations in the Cerame-
icus, the public cemetery of ancient
Athens, have two interests, at any rate,
which it would be hard to exaggerate.
For one thing, many of them are extra
ordinarily beautiful; for another, they
illustrate as nothing else does certain
aspects of Athenian life and civilization
at a period when Athens was still one
Of the great powers of Greece. Natur-
ally, these reliefs are exceedingly vari-
GUS. both in date and workmanship and
character. Some of them are archaic
and stiff and formal. Others, again.
easily distinguishable, are simply bits
of bad work. But large number are
full of tho most exquisite beauty and
pathos, and it is chiefly of these that
we wish to speak. In a great number
of cases the artist has chosen for repre-
sentation on these monuments the last
farewells between the dying person
and the survivors. Evidently this was
a very favorite form of sepulchral
monument, and it admits of the
expression of a fur more delicate
and a deeper pathos than anv
other form. There are reliefs repre-.
senting the last farewells between hus-
band and wife, between father and son.
between mother and daughter, between
friends. Sometimes the representation
is allegorical. A lady takes her last
look at her casket of jewels, which
stand allegorically for the pleasant
world to which sho is saying farewell,
and the relief is saved from all charge
of triviality by the exquisite sadness Of
the lady's face. OF course it must not
be supposed that all the best reliefs
represent these farewells. One of The
most famous, erected to Dexileos, rep-
resents him as victorious warrior in
battle, staying his foe. Still, what We
have said is true general description.
Now. in order properly to appreciate
the spirit OF these grave monuments.
we must remember that to the Greek
death was necessarily far more terrible
than 1t is to us. In the nature Of
things, he could have no "sure hope of a
glorious resurrection" Whatever NAV
have been the exact conception OF death
current among the average Athenians
of. sny, the fourth century b. c., we
know that they considered it 1.-THE su.
preme evil" Very few people indeed
could have been convinced by Socrates
famous argument to his friends after
his trial that 1t must, after all. be reck-
oned to bc u good thing. To the ancient
Greeks it was not only dreadful mys-
terry; II was the tinal parting from all
that they held dear, from their families,
from their friends, from life itself. Il
still had oil its bitterness. Nothing
could have been keener than the grief
which 1t excited. Spectator.
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26

Asy person who tax - the pap~r rsgulsriy from thr
Vssssce, whether directed 10 his whether hc
vi subscfiber not, IL responsible for the PAY.
The cnorta have decided thai refusing to take news
vspsfs and periodicals. from the posofice or temoy
mS ana leaving them uncniisd for primd Iacio evil
dcIea al INTENTIONAL pnAvs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26

Mrs. Pompano-"Well, Mr. Bagley.
how do you like our new preacherp"
Bagley (crossly)-"He is too mild. ]
like preacher who can wake up the
audience." Mrs. Bagley-"Well. Will
lam, am sure did my best with q
shawl pin TO keep you awake, but II
was no use. You actually snored."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26

--Caller-"Your son seems very
much affected over his uncle's death.
Omaha dame-"O, he's almost crazy;
he neither eats nor sleeps" ''Poor
fellow. He is uncle's sole heir. is he
notP' "No! All the money has been
willed to an orphan asylum. '-Omaha
World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26

AN advertissmsnt Of "wanted, q
man for Office work" In New York
paper brought Aos answers In twenty.
four hours.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-26

The thing that woman always
knows best Is how some other woman
ought to dress. --Sonsrviile Journal
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-26
WITH A BEARDLEsS BOY.
An Elderly Woman ElOpes With a
Youth Many Years Her Junior.

Youth Many Years Her Junior.
Troy, Mo-, was considerably excited
recently when the discovery was first
made that Mrs. George w. Jones, wife
of business man of that place, had de-
camped with Larkin Pressly, only
eighteen years old. The family took
breakfast together, and MIR. Jones left
soon thereafter for his place of business.
On returning home at noon he found
things just as he had left them at the
breakfast table. No dinner was pre-
pared and his wife was gone. She left
a note stating that she had ceased to
love him and gushing with foolishness
of love for the new object of
her affections. Mrs. Jones has
three children, two girls and
one boy, the former aged seven and five
years and the boy and baby only four
teen months old. She took the baby
with her and left the two little girls, say
ing to her husband in the letter that she
would always care for the child. 1t is
presumed that they went to st. Louis.
Mrs. Jones was formerly Miss Ella
Musgrave, of Marysville, Kan, in which
place she was married to the man she
has just left, in 1879. They moved from
st. Louis to Troy about eighteen months
ago, and Mr.. Jones was engaged in the
manufacture and sale of cigars, having
in connection with his factory general
cigar trade. About six months ago
young Larkin was employed by Jones to
learn to make cigars, and was the trusted
employee of the man he has so greatly
wrOnged. Up to the time of his depart
ure from Troy with JOnes'S wife, Larkin
was regular attendant at church, and
was looked upon as quite model young
man. He was member of the Method
ist Episcopal church.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-26

Deacon, w. ii. Diekerman, J. III.
Doebler, #. Driscoll, Jr., Alex Drake
II. N. Elmer, Lyman Farwell, W. IL.
Farnham, w. C. harrington, a..
Florence, Joseph Kittson. John w.
Lane, w. I'll. Lightner, Il. +. Loomis, III.
j. Lyles, III. E. Mann, George Matheny,
F. C. Miller, w. S. Morton, Willis Null
len, G. n. McGin, George o. Nettle-
ton, l.. E. Newport, l.. p. Ord
way, ID. b. Ogden, Walter Cakes,
Charles A. Otis, A. B. Ovitt, w. f.
Peet, F. E. Powers, w. w. Price, w. A.
Rice, w. j. Rodgers, w. G. Reed, Don
land Smith, Frank Skipworth, w. A.
Spencer, Jr., AL Sibley, II. j. Sloan,
J. X. Taylor, William V. S. Thorn,
Herbert w. Brown, c. w. Butler, j. p.
Badly, f. M. Bingham, 7. G. Calland,
+. j. Cattell, F. j. Chapman, Paul Cum
ningham, c. b. EckelS, E. l. Frost, j. +.
Fulton, j. Fitzgerald, Samuel Gilbert,
Paul c. Gotham, II. q. Griggs, G. w.
Gordon, S. E. Hall, j. e. Headley,
III. j. Horn, Jr., A. E. Horn, J. S. How,
w. III. Hyndman, III. p. Heath, A. w.
Hippock, G. A. Hawks, H. Il. Ingersol,
7. P..Jaeobs, Z. A. Jaggard, A. F.
yaeassy, John j. Jackson, A. ID. S.
Johnston, j. N. Kirby, w. F. Fatnall,
ney Wall, nj. NJ. Williams, j. ID. Woods,
George l.. Wood, III. G. Wood, Charles
IL. Wright and D. Z. Young.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
In the list of honorary members are
Russell Freeman. Il. M. Newport, Ed
Rice, Jr., w. q. CASTOR, Warren Gran
ger, S. Lee Davis, Silas B. Walsh,
George r. Finch, c. Milton Griggs, John
A. Berkey, Theodore l.. Schumacher, J.
II. Skinner, NJ. B. Harrison, H. p. Rugg,
Joseph Mickey, j. B. TarboX, Frederick
Jackson, James Suydam, John
II. Horton, E. w. Peet, ID. Il. Noyes, f.
7. Shepard, G. 2. Moves, Charles E.
Gooch, j. E. Raymond. E. f. Drake, w.
X. Merriam, q. A. Moore, G. V. Bacon,
ID. q. Rogers, S. q. Sloan, George B.
Clason, George H. Ranney, Stanley
Proudfit, DR.. Talbot Jones, p II.
Kelly, c. S. Smith, l.. d.. Wilkes,
u. Fitzgerald, w. A. Hardenbergh, G. I'll.
Warren, DR.. Denslow, Lane X. Stone,
III. V. Rutherford, W. L. Maxfield, Dr.
Williams, George V. d. Brown, A. II.
Wilder, Louis W. Lyon, Frank B. Bass,
Walter Hewitt, Frank B. Farwell, II. z.
Wilson, Crawford Livingston, Harry
Wright, Stanford Newell, w. S. Getty
and A. McLaren.